shed light on why this happened. we re also not showing any faces in the frame. in addition to three guests who will be joining us shortly, all experts in aviation and crash investigations, they will be weighing in on what they see in this video. because whatever brought the flight down on approach yesterday to nepal s second largest city likely happened or became unstoppable in those seconds that you ll see. 72 people were above the twin engine european made airliner, at least 68 are known to have died. now, the last video is difficult to watch. the plane in the sky. we should warn you again so is this video inside the plane. the view is out the left side of the aircraft. you see the wings trailing edge. the back side of the wing as the plane starts to bank to the left. in a moment you ll see a white flash where we do an edit. then the plane levels momentarily and then just a few seconds later, it all goes wrong and the plane banking again drops. take a look. we have live re
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tournament gets under way with novak djokovic chasing a tenth title a year after he was deported for breaching covid rules. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news, it s a newsday. hello and welcome. we begin in nepal, where a day of mourning will be observed after officials say at least 68 people have died in a plane crash in the central part of the country. there were 72 people on board the aircraft, which came down just a mile from its destination. the plane was operated by yeti airlines and was flying from kathmandu airport to the tourist town of pokhara. it came down in the gorge of seti, a mile from the runway at pokhara airport. from kathmandu, our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report. footage thought to show the final moments of yeti airlines flight 691. first, you see the plane veer off course. then you hear it. thunderous roar a raging inferno. the twin engine plane crashed into a gorge, close to the tourist town of pokhara, minutes befor
security expert. and the australian open tennis tournament gets underway with novak djokovic back and chasing a tenth title a year after he was deported for breaching covid rules. hello and welcome. we begin in nepal where a day of mourning will be observed after officials say at least 68 people have died in a plane crash in the central part of the country. there were 72 people on board the aircraft, which came down just a mile from its destination. the plane was operated by yeti airlines, and was flying from kathmandu airport to the tourist town of pokhara. it came down in the gorge of seti, a mile from the runway at pokhara airport. from kathmandu, our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report. footage thought to show the final moments of yeti airlines flight 691. first, you see the plane veer off course. then you hear it. thunderous roar a raging inferno. the twin engine plane crashed into a gorge, close to the tourist town of pokhara, minutes before it was due to